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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1959
Page
7
A Chicago doctor trained in disaster planning urged identification tags for children in schools today. The proposal aims to improve safety and rapid identification during emergencies.
Mrs Mamie Williams 74 died when her car swerved on a Hudson Falls turn and wrecked into a utility pole. Dr James E Seagraves, who treated many fire survivors in Chicago last December that killed 94, noted identification difficulties for burned children.
Billy Glenn Newhouse pleaded guilty to first degree murder for the rifle killing of James L. Huskey. He and three other inmates tunneled from St Francois County Jail in Farmington last Sunday. Newhouse surrendered nine hours later saying he was lonesome for his mother on Mother's Day. Circuit Judge Joe Swink sentenced him to 30 years, on prosecutor Raymond Roberts' recommendation. One escapes still at large. the other three were recaptured or surrendered.
Investigators probe blast on a Convair B58 jet bomber at the Fort Worth plant. One man, G. W. Johnston, 36, of Lillian, is dead and 13 injured, all Convair employees. The aircraft, valued at 14 million dollars, was to undergo a routine pre flight check before final Air Force acceptance at Carswell AFB.
In Littleton Colorado five states have offered to defend Dixie Ann Gottfried a 30 year old beauty contestant charged with armed robbery. The case stems from a drugstore robbery in which 131 dollars and narcotics were taken. District Judge Marold Jarr has named local counsel but Chicago New York City Louisville and Oklahoma attorneys offered to defend.
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